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Our Services
Bias Support and Education Team
The Bias Support and Education Team (BSET) assists the UWL campus community in order foster a community that is welcoming and inclusive to all. It takes an institutional approach to better understand incidents that occur on campus. The BSET was formed in 2005 to address and catalog bias incidents in order to better understand our campus climate.
Title VI
UWL is committed to promoting equal access and opportunity in all of its programs and services by ensuring a discrimination-free environment.
We do so in compliance with Title VI and other federal and state laws, and in keeping with UWL’s mission to provide a “challenging, dynamic, and diverse learning environment in which the entire university community is fully engaged in supporting student success.”
Title IX
The mission of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse through Title IX is to provide a teaching, learning and working environment in which faulty, staff and students can discover examine critically, preserve and transmit the knowledge, wisdom, and values that will improve quality of life for all. To fulfill this mission, UW-La Crosse is committed to creating and maintaining a community environment that is free from sexual violence and sexual harassment.
Youth Protections
UWL prioritizes the safety and well-being of minors participating in university-sponsored events. Youth Protection involves implementing state and UW System Administration policies, providing comprehensive education and training, and adopting best practices designed to prevent harm and create safe spaces for youth to thrive.
Our Compliance Partners in Collaboration
Disability Resource Center
The Disability Resource Center (DRC) ensures that UWL remains in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Amendments (ADAA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, state disability regulations, as well as, Universities of Wisconsin policy. DRC compliance efforts focus on ensure that UWL is accessible for students with disabilities through an interactive accommodation process.
Ethics
Human Resources
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the University will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
Student Affairs – Advocacy & Empowerment
Advocacy & Empowerment services takes into account a student's unique experience. Students are asked to share their situation and hear from professionals about University, community, and national resources that might support them. Our robust referral services ensure students get the support that they deserve. We work individually, as needed, with students, parents, families, faculty, and staff to develop an understanding of the situation and provide information.
Web Accessibility
Remediation is the process of taking inaccessible content or structures and making them accessible. Remediation is an essential process in creating an accessible university. Below you will find a responsibility matrix and priority matrix that outline how UWL is moving toward digital accessibility.